Commander-in-chief receives New Zealand ambassador

Manama, Sep. 8 (BNA): Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received here today the Riyadh-Resident New Zealand Ambassador to Bahrain, James Monroe. The commander-in-chief welcomed the envoy, and lauded the steadily-growing friendship relations between the two countries, as well as ways to enhance them in various fields. Defence Affairs Minister, Lieutenant-General Abdulla bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi, BDF’s General Command’s Court Director, Major-General Hassan Mohammed Saad, and senior BDF officers attended.